Navy Senior Chief Boatswain’s Mate Kevin Nolan, a 2003 graduate from Westhampton Beach High School in Westhampton Beach, New York, and native of East Islip, New York, was inducted into the 2020 Class of the New York State Veterans’ Hall of Fame by New York State Senator Monica R. Martinez (D-3rd District), Aug. 18.
The ceremony was conducted virtually from the Patchogue Fire Department in Patchogue, New York, with Nolan’s wife, Stephanie, in attendance to accept the award on his behalf.
Nolan, a Navy reservist attached to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command in Virginia Beach, Virginia, also devotes his time as a police officer with the Suffolk County Police Department in the Long Island, New York area. As a police officer, he was selected for the 1st Precinct’s Gang Unit due to both his military experience and his proactive police work in the North Amityville area.
